[swampfox98]

That pissant Jeffords. I could whap his hiney. His defection has brought us this idiot Boxer.

[CommiesOut]

Thursday September 13
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush (news - web sites)'s nominee to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations (news - web sites) won approval Thursday from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee despite concerns about his prior service as American envoy to Honduras.

The committee voted 14-3 to send the nomination of John Negroponte to the full Senate

Voting against the nomination were Democrats Paul Wellstone of Minnesota, Russ Feingold of Wisconsin and Barbara Boxer of California.

They did not question Negroponte's qualifications and said they would not try to block the nomination, particularly with the pressing need for the post to be filled after Tuesday's attacks against the United States.

The previous U.S. ambassador, Richard Holbrooke, stepped down in January.